Zhang Yunxia, a female, 65 years old.

June 30, 2005.

She suffers from facial paralysis for 38 days. Tears from the left eye with unknown reason 38 days ago. The upper eyelid of her left eye drops down. The mouth and tongue become wry and turn to the right side. She couldn¨t speak clearly. Pulling discomfort and painful sense of the vein at her neck. Pulling pains in the left shoulder joint. No drooling. It is not convenient for her to eat and drink. No obvious facial numbness.

Slight dizziness. Fatigue and like sleeping. Prickly sense at the both sides of the temples. No ringing sounds in the ears. No dry eyes. Reduced eyesight for many years and she couldn¨t read books now. Photophobia.

She has clear drooling fluids after taking the herbal tea. Severe thirst and like cold drinks. Bitter taste in the mouth. Normal appetite. A little food in-take. No cough. No chest oppression and no palpitations. No abdominal distention. No painful hepatic region. The urine is yellowish. Night urination twice to three times. The bowel movement is once a day and the stool is not constipated. No painful waist. She feels aversion to coldness in winter. No tidal fever and no night sweating. The tongue is not numb but it is not active enough.  

Dreaminess. No worrisome. Today her blood pressure is 140/90 mmHg. The left pulse is thready and weak, and the right kidney pulse is feeble. 

The tongue body is enlarged and moist and slightly reddish. The tongue coating is thin and yellowish. After did acupuncture for 18 days and took 17 days¨ herbal tea at the other place, she feels improved 50% and stops other medicine which are not helpful. 

codonopsis root 15g,  ovate atractylodes root 15g,    dioscorea root 10g,      poria 10g,     bupleurum root 12g,    crataegus fruit 10g,     lycium berry 10g,   white peony root 10g,  pueraria root 10g,  ladybell 10g,   ophiopogon tuber 10g,  peach kernel 10g, carthamus flower 10g,  earthworm 10g,      turmeric10g,  centipede 2 pieces,        giant typhonium tuber 10g, mulberry 15g.

                                                                                                                                                   Dr. Ming 

July 5, 2005.   

The patient tells us that there is no discomfort basically after one dosage of herbal tea. She had slight diarrhea three times, and bitter taste in the mouth. Dreaminess. No dizziness, no nausea and no painful abdomen when taking the second dosage. When taking the third dosage of the herbal tea, the diarrhea disappears and just feels discomfort of the hepatic region for 2 hours. Normal food in-take and spirit. Still bitter taste in the mouth.   

Today her facial appearance, and wry mouth and eyes are improved obviously. More flexible ability of the tongue. No abdominal pains. No dizziness and no nausea. No discomfort of the hepatic region. Very slightly wry nasolabial groove (i.e., the groove under the nose.) Her left eye could close 2/3 now.  No palpitations recently. No painful heart. Thirst but no desire to drink.  

The right kidney pulse is feeble and the left pulse is slightly feeble. Enlarged tongue body. Thin and yellowish tongue coating. Add 6g Chen Pi to the original formula.